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These booklets highlight functional information covering the design, development and implementation of ideas and their solutions, and give thoughtful suggestions for alternative applications within the cultural heritage sector. The KNOWHOW booklets aim to support people working in the area of museums, heritage sites and monuments. The information covered within the booklets benefits managers, exhibition producers/curators, pedagogues and professionals working with digital restoration, as well as those working with communication and audiences. Inspired by concepts developed by the partners of the EPOCH project, the KNOWHOW booklets are a bridge between research findings and everyday practise for people working in the cultural heritage sector. EPOCH is a network of about one hundred European cultural institutions aiming to improve the quality and effectiveness of Information and Communication Technology within cultural heritage environments.
The KNOWHOW booklets cover projects in the following categories: MUSEUMS, HERITAGE SITES and MONUMENTS, and an introduction to the area is given in an introducory booklet with guidelines for Cultural Heritage Professionals in the Effective and Sustainable Use of Information Technologies in Monuments, Museums, and Sites. In the MUSEUMS category, 5 titles are published and gathered in a collector's box. In addition to the collector's box, all booklets in the series MuSEUMS, HERITAGE SITES and MONUMENTS will be published electronically throughout the spring of 2008. You can read more about these booklets and order your own box. The KNOWHOW booklets are produced and distributed by the Interactive Institute, a Swedish non-profit, experimental IT-research institute which challenges traditional perspectives through combining art, design and technology in research projects and strategic initiatives. The booklets focus on practical and concrete information supported by illustrations and step-by-step instructions presentedin a light and engaging way. Highlighted areas point to specific information covering background or history, or explaining in-depth how a technology works.
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Participants include university departments, research centres, heritage institutions (such as museums or national heritage agencies) and commercial enterprises. Together they strive to overcome the fragmentation often found in current research within this field.
